Overdose deaths continue to rise

Ever wonder why law enforcement and medical professionals are calling the heroin crisis an epidemic?

The last predictions from the state’s chief medical examiner show that the number of deaths caused by accidental intoxication will continue to go up this year. The number of deaths caused by heroin and fentanyl are expected to continue to rise this year.

Check out these graphs to see the horrifying rise in the number of accidental deaths by overdose from all drugs, heroin and fentanyl.

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